S 0833 General Bill, By T.H. Pope, Giese and Land
 A Bill to amend Section 12-31-15, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976,
 relating to certain continuing education requirements for county auditors, and
 to amend Section 12-45-15, relating to certain continuing education
 requirements for county treasurers, so as to revise these requirements and the
 penalties for failure to satisfactorily complete them, and to redesignate
 Section 12-31-15 as Section 12-39-15 of the 1976 Code.

   04/02/91  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-4
   04/02/91  Senate Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-5

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 12-31-15, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CERTAIN CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR COUNTY AUDITORS, AND TO AMEND SECTION 12-45-15, RELATING TO CERTAIN CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR COUNTY TREASURERS, SO AS TO REVISE THESE REQUIREMENTS AND THE PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO SATISFACTORILY COMPLETE THEM, AND TO REDESIGNATE SECTION 12-31-15 AS SECTION 12-39-15 OF THE 1976 CODE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 12-31-15 of the 1976 Code is redesignated as Section 12-39-15 of the 1976 Code and is amended to read:

"Section 12-39-15. (A) County auditors annually shall complete satisfactorily an annual one week a minimum of eighteen hours of continuing education course courses which the Comptroller General establishes or causes to be established. Failure to complete satisfactorily the course these courses in any year results in the auditor forfeiting one thousand dollars of his state salary supplement for that year as this supplement is provided in the annual general appropriations act. The course content, cost, and dates of the course courses must be determined by the Comptroller General.

(B) The Comptroller General, for reasonable cause, may excuse a county auditor from attending this annual course these courses for any year. because of a death in the immediate family of the auditor occurring during the course or within three days of the beginning of the course or due to sickness which a medical doctor certifies will prevent the auditor from attending or completing the course. If excused, the auditor does not forfeit one thousand dollars of his state salary supplement for that year. No auditor may be excused for two consecutive years."

SECTION 2. Section 12-45-15 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 12-45-15. (A) County treasurers annually shall complete satisfactorily an annual one week a minimum of eighteen hours of continuing education course courses which the Comptroller General establishes or causes to be established. Failure to satisfactorily complete the course these courses in any year results in the treasurer forfeiting one thousand dollars of his state salary supplement for the year as this supplement is provided in the annual general appropriations act. The course content, cost, and dates thereof of the courses must be determined by the Comptroller General.

(B) The Comptroller General, for reasonable cause, may excuse a county treasurer from attending this annual course these courses for any year. because of a death in the immediate family of the treasurer occurring during the course or within three days of the beginning of the course or due to sickness which a medical doctor certifies will prevent the treasurer from attending or completing the course. If excused, the treasurer does not forfeit one thousand dollars of his state salary supplement for that year. No treasurer may be excused for two consecutive years."

SECTION 3. The provisions of this act are effective for the 1991 continuing education requirements for county auditors and treasurers and thereafter.

SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.